Global Patent Index - EP 1792254 B1

EP 1792254 B1 20160413 - MEMORY ARRAY ERROR CORRECTION

Title (en)

MEMORY ARRAY ERROR CORRECTION

Title (de)

SPEICHER-ARRAY-FEHLERKORREKTUR

Title (fr)

CORRECTION D'ERREUR DE MATRICE MEMOIRE

Publication

EP 1792254 B1 20160413 (EN)

Application

EP 05795437 A 20050902

Priority

  • US 2005031939 W 20050902
  • US 93492804 A 20040903

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006029243A1] A memory array comprises N+1 memory elements. N memory elements store data and one or more error check bits respectively derived from the stored data. A separate N+1 memory element stores parity bits generated from the data stored in the N memory elements. These parity bits are stored in. To recover from data errors, data in each N memory element are first checked using their respective error check bits. If faulty data are detected in one of the N memory elements, an exclusive-or operation is performed involving data in the remaining N-1 memory elements and parity bits in the N+1 memory element. This recovers the faulty data in the one memory element.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/29 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 11/1004 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 11/1044 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 11/108 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006029243 A1 20060316; EP 1792254 A1 20070606; EP 1792254 B1 20160413; US 8464093 B1 20130611

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2005031939 W 20050902; EP 05795437 A 20050902; US 93492804 A 20040903